Monbiot on our Current Challenge
George Monbiot wrote an article that he’s calling his best bit of writing. It’s largely more of the same argument that people can’t seem to hear or respond to. We’re…
October 2021
Mayor and Council: Absque Verecundia
The same year Columbus set sail west for unknown lands, Sir John Kendal received a stern admonition in writing from the council of King Henry VII, of which he was…
The Natives Are Restless
There are grumblings inside the federal Liberal caucus. Altea Raj writes that Justin Trudeau “is governing like a leader who views the MPs who helped elect him prime minister as…
Death Wish of Conservatism.
At a time when Justin Trudeau is busy busting liberalism in Canada, the conservatives are doing themselves no favours. It is as if there is no place for the old…
Two celebrity murder mysteries back atop Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list for second week
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Stephen Guilbeault And The Battle To Save The World
I was sitting by the lake the other day, enjoying a lovely warm fall day, that almost felt like summer. But lamenting the fact that I will not be able…
Musical interlude
Vök – Running Wild
Don’t kid yourself. We are heading for the end.
Man first appeared on this planet many, many, many thousands of years ago. And some of them, probably just a small number, gave themselves the power to rule all the…
There’s a new term for it, "Vapor Storms."
Scientific American has a new term for it, “vapor storms.” The summer of 2021 was a glaring example of what disruptive weather will look like in a warming world. In…
Review: The Dawning of the Apocalypse
Historical scholarship. A sweeping history of the long sixteenth century, from the first voyage of Columbus in 1492 to the establishment of the first permanent English-speaking settlement in
Help! I’m a Caregiver and I Need Therapy!
About forty years ago, I had what we called then, a “nervous breakdown”. My life unravelled as I sunk further and further into a deep clinical depression. Back then, I…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 29, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario will double fines and order takeovers at nursing homes that break new rules via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sara Birlios examines the grim state of Saskatchewan – including the numerous areas where Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party are consciously choosing…
"Here I Come To Save The Day"
Sorry to disappoint you, but it is not Might Mouse who will save the day, if only we listen. It is Barney Frankie the dinosaur, with a timely message regarding…
The Cancer Diaries, Part 30
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together… (Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Sc II.) Elumbated.* It’s an archaic word meaning…
Truth and Courage
The Republican Party has its crazies. But, Paul Krugman writes, the party’s real problem is that the cowards call the shots: The crazies wouldn’t be driving the Republican agenda so…
What’s the use of the Pandora Papers?
The Pandora Papers revealed the inner workings of a shadow economy hiding wealth in tax havens such as Monaco (pictured), Panama, Dubai, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. Photo from Shutterstock.…
Carry on John.
Despite having sat on many boards over the years and chaired a few—and this includes business boards as well as charitable and political and (the very worst) condominium boards, I…
Forget Trudeau’s Greenwashing. Deeds, Not Words.
The Dauphin has his fanboys swooning over his choice of a climate activist, Steven Guilbeault, as environment minister. Is Mr. Guilbeault the real deal or just window dressing for a…
Covid Journal, Oct 28, 2021
The appointment of Guilbeault to the Environment portfolio is necessary, but will it be enough? The post Covid Journal, Oct 28, 2021 first appeared on Excited Delirium.